Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/List of locations of British situation comedies

The following discussion is an archived debate of the proposed deletion of the article below. Please do not modify it. Subsequent comments should be made on the appropriate discussion page (such as the article's talk page or in a deletion review). No further edits should be made to this page.

The result was Delete Spartaz ^Humbug! 17:12, 21 October 2007 (UTC)[reply]

List of locations of British situation comedies[edit]

I don't get why having this list is useful. It's an indiscrimate collection of some information arranged in an indiscrimate way. Relevant information should be/is in the respective articles. The JPS ^{talk to me} 16:48, 14 October 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Delete as per WP:NOT#DIR and WP:NOT#INFO. Tbo ¹⁵⁷(talk) (review) 17:32, 14 October 2007 (UTC)[reply]
Delete: Some lists are good, but not this useless one. - Rjd0060 17:58, 14 October 2007 (UTC)[reply]
Delete: 1) England. 2) ...... erm, yeah. This list serves no purpose not already served by the articles themselves. (Does anybody really want to be able to look up sitcoms by where they take place?) - Che Nuevara 18:56, 14 October 2007 (UTC)[reply]
Delete. I just find myself thinking "What's the point?". It is an indiscriminate collection of unimportant information; it is possibly worth pointing out in an article on Surbiton that The Good Life was supposed to have been set there but was actually in Northwood, but I see no reason to collect that together with other locations. Sam Blacketer 19:00, 14 October 2007 (UTC)[reply]
Delete indiscriminate indeed. JJL 01:44, 15 October 2007 (UTC)[reply]
Keep as a natural supplement to other articles about "Britcoms". Sure, for us Americans who watch these on PBS, they're "all in England", just as all American television shows are set "somewhere in the U.S.". If there's a list of this nature for US shows (and in this TV-land known as Wikipedia, there probably is), this should be kept too. 72.151.55.27 13:23, 15 October 2007 (UTC)[reply]
- But if you want to know the setting (fictional or shooting location) then the article about the specific show will do the job. This list is far from complete anyway! The JPS ^{talk to me} 16:33, 15 October 2007 (UTC)[reply]
Keep It is something that you can't look up in the individual comedies' articles, and frankly, it's information that is difficult to retain in the memory. One of the users above refers to an 'indiscriminate collection of unimportant information', but that is really a subjective view of any information in an encyclopaedia. A list of actors in Star Wars is one person's 'unimportant information', but another person's topic of interest. As for being 'indiscriminate', the criteria for inclusion are quite clear. DavidFarmbrough 16:32, 15 October 2007 (UTC)[reply]
- David, why do you say that you can't look it up in the individual articles? Do you not think that it is reasonable to expect the locations to be homed in those specific articles? Perhaps if there was more focus to this (with subheadings by county/town/city, etc.) or if it was anywhere near complete... The JPS ^{talk to me} 16:36, 15 October 2007 (UTC)[reply]
Delete the article, keep the title. Excellent idea, crap article 81.149.250.228 18:21, 15 October 2007 (UTC)[reply]
- I am a moron I just reunderstood the title. Delete this article immediately, no need to wait for votes. 81.149.250.228 18:27, 15 October 2007 (UTC)[reply]
  - I have to say, of all the many bolded opinions I've seen on AfD, this is the first time I've seen "I am a moron". Kudos, anon. - Che Nuevara 18:37, 15 October 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Keep Rewrite/edit by county/town. It might be more useful to transwiki it.jonathon 18:54, 15 October 2007 (UTC)[reply]

In the context of an article on list of fictional Cambridge colleges, I think this one more than justifies its presence! DavidFarmbrough 22:43, 18 October 2007 (UTC)[reply]

That seems complete at useful. This is far from complete. Users wanting this information will search for the specific programme. The JPS ^{talk to me} 09:49, 19 October 2007 (UTC)[reply]

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